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Press release… Stakeholders underlined the importance of a holistic approach and collaboration between sectors to improve food literacy in Turkey…. 13 October 2021, Ankara  – A Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Meeting focused on food and nutrition literacy in Turkey was organized on 6 and 8 October to discuss the current status of the Technical Cooperation …

In the ordinary general assembly of the National Hazelnut Council (UFK) held in Trabzon (a Black Sea province) last week, the delegates, chosen from the professional groups, elected the president. Hamza Bölük, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Giresun Commodity Exchange, has become the chairman of the …

By 2030, the European Commission wants to halve the use of pesticides in agriculture. The use of fertilizer should be reduced according to Europe’s plans. The measures are intended to combat climate change and the loss of biodiversity. A probable consequence, however, is that the yields of agricultural crops will …

Press release… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Chairperson Hayrettin Uçak announced the current developments in the fresh fruit, vegetable and fruit and vegetable products sector and his evaluations on the export figures for the January – September period at the press conference he held in Seferihisar. Aegean Region …

Press Release International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) NEN Division has its first Regional M&E Workshop Series in Istanbul: Happening now! The Near East, North Africa and Central Asia Division (NEN) is launching its first Regional M&E Workshop Series for its ongoing IFAD-funded projects in the region. The IFAD Multi-Country …

Press release… Turkey left behind a successful export season in dried figs. While Turkey exported 72 thousand 145 tonnes of dried figs in the 2020/21 season, it provided a foreign exchange income of 256 million 915 thousand dollars. Dried figs gained 110 dollars per tonne… Realizing 60 percent of the …

Local authorities have applied to the Guinness World Records to get a seven-floor building in the shape of a tea glass in the Black Sea province of Rize, known as “the capital of Turkish tea,” to be registered as the “the biggest tea glass.” “It will be a source of pride for us to get …

Beekeepers Mustafa Altı and his son Fehmi were kept busy tending to their hives before wildfires tore through a bucolic region of Turkey that makes most of the world’s prized pine honey. Now the Altıs and generations of other honey farmers in Turkey’s Aegean province of Muğla are looking to …

Apple production in Niğde province, one of Turkey’s most important apple production centres, has increased by 25 percent in the last 5 years. Apple, whose harvest continues, is expected to yield approximately 500 thousand tonnes from 230 thousand decares this year. Governor Yılmaz Şimşek In the province, which ranks third …

According to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), in Samsun, which is the second province with the most shelled hazelnut production with 123 thousand 555 tonnes in 2020, it is aimed to increase the yield thanks to the renewal of the old hazelnut orchards. Within the scope of …